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Meeting at U.N. headquarters agrees on need to stem illicit tobacco trade

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 29th, 2002

As the International Conference on Illicit Tobacco Trade wrapped up at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, a senior World Health Organization official said the event had served to generate widespread agreement that will enhance upcoming negotiations on a global tobacco control treaty.

Dr. Derek Yach told correspondents that the three-day meeting, organized by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, had served to produce a "strong, agreed text" for the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and possibly a protocol on smuggling. Negotiators are set to resume talks on the treaty in Geneva this October.

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2002-09-29)

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